to all you jeepers in the edmonton area. i am thinking we should get a winter jeep run going sometime in november. im not sure exactly where as i am in edson, but if some people in edmonton know of some places maybe we can set up a run. something not too extreme that some fairly basic rigs can run

St. Albert here too. But not too sure about off roading as I have no towhooks, rescue equipment, etc. But I cant wait until we have enough snow!!

Go and visit your local PrincessAuto - they have tow-hooks for you (rated 10,000lbs), snatch-straps (get a 2" x 30' and a 3" x ???? ) and mount a hitch to the rear with a shackle-mount and you are good to go.

My Jeep is getting closer - hope to have the 305 mounted tomorrow - finish the springs, install the compressor and second battery, hook the winch to the secondary battery and I should be laughing till I start rebuilding my 350

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sounds good guys we just have to figure out when and where. i would say edson would be a good area but i cant think of any good trails to go on with very many people and that would make for a good day of wheelin

I'm from St. Albert as well, and I know of another guy who doesn't frequent here that would come too sometime.

My uncle has a farm just outside of Edson there that we may be able to wheel on a bit. He has a decent gravel pit, the river and a few really good trails on his property. One trail was built as an emergency access path to the CN track that borders my uncles land and when it was built a long time ago, it would get big CAT's stuck, so the whole trail is just a series of huge mud pits that have totally eaten our quads before. Even with Vampires and winches, the quads have a really tough time making it sometimes because the pits go from treeline to treeline across the trail and you can't avoid the deep spots. I haven't done it in my XJ yet because I just finished my lift and tires (4.5" and 33's) but I am eager to get out there. Especially after all this rain and light snow...

As long as everyone has towpoints and 1 person has a winch we should be fine. He has a tractor that we can use it things get really bad too though.

I don't know if there's enough terrain to make for a full day though. That trail goes a little ways, but if things are going easy it can be done pretty quick...

Also, there's a ton of good trails around Hinton. My other uncle lives out there and restores old Willy's jeeps as a hobby. He has a few that he has setup for trails though and he spends most of his freetime just wheeling right around town there. I'm sure he'd gladly show us some great trails. I used to quad around there when I was younger (both set of grandparents lived out there) and the trails I rode were a bit tight for Jeeps, but there's a wide variety of great terrain. And an old crashed airplane up in the hills that was fun to play in.